CARDINALS

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St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny (L) comments as General Manager John Mozeliak listens in after it is announced that the team's pitching ace Chris Carpenter will unlikely return to the rotation for the 2013 season, during a press conference at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on February 5, 2013. Carpenter, who has thrown for the Cardinals for 9 years, told Mozeliak that he is still in pain after missing most of the 2012 season following shoulder surgery and that does not belive he can continue to pitch. Mozeliak stopped short of announcing retirement but the team will go forward with or without Carpenter once the season begins. UPI/Bill Greenblatt